One table is heaving with chargrilled vegetable vol-au-vents, free range egg quiche and salads of rocket, torn chicken breast and cherry tomatoes fresh from the vine, drizzled with lashings of olive oil.

The other boasts shop-bought sausage rolls, cheese puffs, breadsticks, cucumber slices and salad cream, washed down with tins of Boddingtons and cans of cola.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, it was the street party near the constituency home of David and Samantha Cameron that offered the rather more upmarket fare on the third day of celebrations to toast The Queen's Jubilee celebrations.

Prime Minister David Cameron along with his wife Samantha attend the Spelsbury village street party, near their West Oxfordshire home

A street party to commemorate The Queen's Diamond Jubilee at Ashby De La Zouch, Leicestershire

The couple took their three children to the Jubilee celebration in a quiet cul-de-sac in the Cotswold village of Spelsbury, where delights such as red cabbage coleslaw and homemade mini-pizzas were on offer.

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Mrs Cameron, 41, made a beeline for a salad of lamb’s lettuce and crispy bacon, dishing up a portion for her husband, 45, and then herself. Afterwards the couple enjoyed cupcakes iced to look like the St George’s Cross.

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The event was in stark contrast to the more colourful street party laid on in the market town of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire.

Union Jack tablecloths, cups, plates and balloons adorned the tables, which were piled with more conventional party snacks such as crisps, dips and ham sandwiches.

These were apparently washed down with tins of Boddingtons bitter, bottles of lager, glasses of white wine and paper cups of fizzy drinks. Guests added to the colourful celebrations by wearing red, white and blue clothes – with some donning masks bearing the faces of members of the Royal Family.

In West Oxfordshire, the party decorations amounted to a few more modest strings of bunting, and diners ignored the tables and chairs in favour of mingling by the gazebos. Spelsbury parish councillor Susan Tolputt, who has lived in the village for 12 years and was one of the event’s organisers, said: ‘Everyone in the village made something and brought it along, resulting in an amazing display of food.

‘Around 200 people came and although there were tables and chairs, people stood around talking to each other while enjoying the barbecue.

‘It was a wonderful day and it was nice to see the Camerons because they don’t spend so much time here now they are in Downing Street.’

Into the jubilee spirit: David Cameron helps himself to a cupcake as he attends a street party with his wife Samantha in Spelsbury, near their West Oxfordshire home

Unlike yesterday, when rain put a dampener on his Downing Street party, Mr Cameron and his wife took advantage of the outdoors Spelsbury celebrations

Nick Clegg, the Deputy Prime Minister, also got in on the act yesterday as he attended a street party in his constituency in Sheffield.

Unlike yesterday, the rain held off this afternoon as Mr Cameron chatted with his constituents in the north Oxfordshire village.

As well as commemorating the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, David Cameron also said the street party hosted by him and the thousands of others like it across Britain were a brilliant showcase of the Big Society in action - which has been panned by critics for lacking real meaning.

Taking over the streets: Police close the road through Cuckfield, West Sussex, as hundreds of residents congregate for the festivities in far drier conditions than Sunday

Awash with revellers: The residents of Cuckfield, West Sussex, turn out en masse on row-upon-row of tables for the sun-filled celebrations

Sea of red, white and blue: The community in Ashby De La Zouch, Leicestershire, show their appreciation for the monarchy with a huge cheer for the camera

Cheers! The residents of Ashby De La Zouch decked themselves in all manner of jubilee paraphernalia as the celebrations took on a wholly patriotic feel

Community cohesion: David Cameron said the street party hosted by him and the thousands of others like it across Britain were a showcase of the Big Society in action

The Prime Minister said yesterday: 'We had a great street party, but inside Downing Street rather than outside.

'We
had elderly people, we had Scouts, we had Girl Guides, Brownies, people
who had been organising the Big Lunch. The oldest 96, the youngest was
four or five, so it was a great Big Society occasion and a real pleasure
to be able to host this.'

The
Prime Minister, who meets the Queen every week to discuss topical
issues, said it was a 'huge treat' to receive the benefit of her
'unparalleled' knowledge of world events, which dates back to when
Winston Churchill was prime minister.

'She is an amazing listener but she also asks some really pertinent questions.'

Community spirit: Neighbours tuck into a selection of food of drink during a street party to mark the Diamond Jubilee in Clapham, South London

Hats ON to the Queen! Seven-year-old Ben (top) and Harry Nussey, 5, of Murrayfield Drive, Edinburgh, go Union Jack crazy (left), as does a reveller in Clapham, London

All smiles: Residents in Clapham enjoy the regal atmostphere. Thousands of street parties were being held up and down the UK as people took advantage of the first of two bank holidays

The festivities were in full swing at the Crosby Road street party in Southport, where more than 500 residents toasted the Queen in the long-awaited sunshine

On a high: The Crosby Road street party was given an added boost with the appearance of this Union Flag-waving woman on stilts

Just for laughs: A youngster enjoys the pomp and circumstance of the big celebrations during the Crosby Road street party in Southport

Five-year-old Harry Nussey takes a cake from the table as residents of Murrayfield Drive in Edinburgh sit down for their Jubilee street party

The original plan was for Mr Cameron to host the Downing Street party outside Number 10, with guests sitting at trestle tables tucking in to Jubilee fare.

A big screen was set up, showing the Royal flotilla, and bunting adorned the front of Number 10 and Number 11.

But with just hours to go until the start of the party, officials decided it was best to invite the 120 guests indoors to enjoy the specially decorated Jubilee cup cakes and sandwiches in the warmth of the Terracotta room.

No 10 spokesperson said: 'To celebrate the Jubilee, and as part of his duties as Prime Minister and an MP, David Cameron attended two street parties, one in Downing Street, the other in his constituency.'

Plant pots are decorated with masks of Queen Elizabeth and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, at the Goldsmith Avenue Street Party in Ealing, west London

Sweet treat: An intricately decorated party cake bearing all the hallmarks of Britishness made for the Clapham street celebrations in south London

Er, Ken, we didn't think you believed in the Royal Family...

For someone who once described the monarchy as 'our most sordid soap opera', it may have come as some surprise to see Ken Livingstone in the party spirit yesterday.

The former Mayor of London was out on the streets of Brent in the north-west of the capital, where he joined in the jubilee celebrations with the borough's residents.

It certainly seems a change of heart towards the Royal Family since making his views very publicly known in the past.

Is he a royal convert? Former Mayor of London Ken Livingstone greets a resident in Brent, north-west London as he joins in the Jubilee celebrations having previously voiced his distaste for the monarchy

For it was he who released 1,000 black balloons from County Hall back in 1981 to 'mourn' the wedding off Prince Charles and Diana.

And in a newspaper interview in 1996, he referred to the royals as 'our most sordid soap-opera' which had been populated by 'not very bright…airheads in high heels'.

When it was the turn of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge to tie the knot, he did at least show some kind of turnaround by calling for free travel for all Londoners to celebrate their happy day last year.

Whether his latest outing represents a full fledged u-turn remains to be seen.

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